NYS Human Rights Law

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In Lopez v Trahan, No. 155637/20, 2024-04221, 3523, 2025 N.Y. Slip Op. 00274, 2025 WL 208694 (N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept., Jan. 16, 2025), the Appellate Division, First Department, inter alia, unanimously affirmed the lower court’s denial of defendants’ motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s national origin discrimination claims under the New York State and City Human…

Read More National Origin Discrimination, Constructive Discharge Claims Survive Dismissal; Evidence Included Remarks About Plaintiff’s Accent
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In Alston v. New York City Department of Education, 24 Civ. 0009 (DEH), 2025 WL 104407 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 15, 2025), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s discriminatory termination claims. The court explained and applied the so-called “cat’s paw” theory of liability. From the decision: Plaintiff’s various employment discrimination claims concerning her…

Read More Court Rejects “Cat’s Paw” Theory of Discrimination
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In Acosta v. Kennedy Children’s Center, 24 Civ. 3358, 2025 WL 70141 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 10, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s disability discrimination claims asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), and the New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL). From…

Read More PTSD-Related Disability Discrimination Claims Sufficiently Alleged, Court Holds
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In Woo v. The City of New York, No. 161109/2022, 2025 WL 65869 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Jan. 8, 2025), the court, inter alia, denied defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s quid pro quo and hostile work environment sexual harassment claims. From the decision: The issue in a quid pro quo sexual harassment case brought…

Read More Sexual Harassment Claims Survive Dismissal; Allegations Included That Punitive Assignments Followed Drink Request Refusal
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In Urban v. 35 East 19th Street Medicine, P.C., No. 151191/2024, 2024 WL 5248282 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 20, 2024), a gender/pregnancy discrimination case, the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. From the decision: New York public policy favors enforcement of contracts for arbitration (Cooper v Bruckner, 21 A.D.3d 758…

Read More Court Grants Defendant’s Motion to Compel Arbitration of Gender/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims
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In McCabe v 511 West 232nd Owners Corp., No. 91, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 06290, 2024 WL 5126078 (N.Y., Dec. 17, 2024), the New York Court of Appeals held, as a matter of first impression, that a co-op board’s refusal to transfer a building unit to a shareholder’s partner because they were not married did…

Read More NY Court of Appeals: Co-Op Board’s Declining to Treat Deceased Shareholder’s Unmarried Partner as “Spouse” Did Not Constitute Discrimination Based on “Marital Status” Under the New York City Human Rights Law
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In Berrios v. Rose Associates, Inc., No. 652417/2021, 2024 WL 5182598 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 19, 2024), a housing discrimination case, the court, inter alia, denied defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of retaliation asserted under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: To prove…

Read More Retaliation Claims, Based on Issues With Repair and Service Following Complaint About Super’s Alleged Discriminatory Comment, Survives Summary Judgment
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In Berrios v. Rose Associates, Inc., No. 652417/2021, 2024 WL 5182598 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 19, 2024), the court, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of housing discrimination asserted under the New York State Human Rights Law (N.Y. Executive Law § 296(5)) and the New York City…

Read More Housing Discrimination Claims, Asserted Under the NYS and NYC Human Rights Laws, Dismissed
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In Piscitelli v. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services, Inc., No. 159272/2020, 2024 WL 5202602 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 17, 2024), the court, inter alia, denied the parties’ motions for summary judgment on plaintiff’s claims of sex/pregnancy discrimination under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: A prima facie…

Read More Sex/Pregnancy Discrimination Claims Against Deloitte Survive Summary Judgment
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In Ajala v. Limani 51, LLC, No. 153433/2023, 2024 WL 5169823 (N.Y. Sup Ct, New York County Dec. 17, 2024), the court held that plaintiff sufficiently alleged a hostile work environment claims under the New York State and City Human Rights Laws. From the decision: A racially hostile work environment exists when the workplace is…

Read More Hostile Work Environment Claim Survives Dismissal; Court Cites Sex and Race-Based Comments
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